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Dundee 2 Kilmarnock 0: Novo show lifts gloom

IT was the Nacho Novo show all the way as Dundee temporarily lifted the cloud of administration which looms over Dens Park.

They took an early lead after a bright start in which Novo was set up Steven Milne. After a neat exchange of passes between the two, Novo squared the ball for Milne to blast past Colin Meldrum in the Kilmarnock goal.

Barry Smith, the Dundee captain, was back in the first team after a two-month absence due to a knee injury. He showed just how important he is in both defence and attack, covering more green than his lack of match fitness should have permitted.

The first-half comedy of errors was enjoyed more by the home support than the Kilmarnock fans. At one end the defence invited Novo to make them look foolish, relinquishing the kind of space the diminutive striker relishes, while at the other, Kris Boyd,